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A provision in this year's National Defense Authorization Act, seems to have directed the Defense Department to analyze military air shows, and the role they play in recruitment, among other things. That got us thinking about that question as well, and we seemed to have found the perfect person to discuss it. I had the pleasure of speaking with John Cudahy, who is the president of the International Council of Air Shows.

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Judging from its having fired of the commandant of the Coast Guard, the Trump administration apparently feels the need for reform. For why and how that might happen, we turn to former Coast Guard attorney, and now a Holland and Knight partner, Sean Pribyl.

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President Donald Trump is directing agencies to prepare for large scale reductions in force and a new executive order. Trump also caps agency hiring and further institutionalizes the power of Elon Musk's DOGE. For the latest Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me.

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If things get really bad, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation can cover deposits that are not insured. But that requires authority from the Treasury Secretary. The FDIC did just that in 2023. The Government Accountability Office found that the action paid off by reducing systemic risk. More now from the GAO's director of financial markets and community investment, Michael Clements.

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As if not enough is going on in the world, the Chinese military has flown two new stealthy jets. Some military observers consider them a tangible threat to the U.S. One is a bomber and one is a fighter. For what it all means, we turn to Lexington Institute vice president Rebecca Grant.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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President Donald Trump has fired the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. That

removal was just the latest in a spate of unprecedented terminations by the President, but at least one official has just been temporarily reinstated by a federal court. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest.

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The largest federal employee union keeps fattening. The American Federation of Government Employees is also leading several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's workforce policies. AFGE leaders say that's why new people are joining. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins me with the latest.

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The Whistleblower Protection Act was enacted to protect people who raise issues from retaliation. It's not the strongest law in the world, according to my next guest. In a recent National Law Review article, he lists several other tools whistleblowers can also use. Attorney Stephen Kohn of Kohn, Kohn Colapinto joins me now.

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Yesterday, we were supposed to find out whether the Office of Personnel Management's

controversial deferred resignation program will be allowed to proceed, but we did not hear. As of now, the program is still in legal limbo as a federal court in Boston decides whether to issue a restraining order. Meantime, the government is now appealing a separate court's ruling that ordered it to reinstate Treasury payments to states and nonprofits, and a new lawsuit accuses

the government of sweeping privacy violations in connection with the Department of Government Efficiency's, activities, just a few of the pieces of litigation affecting federal agencies and their employees. Right now, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu has been up all night almost with an update on what's happening and not happening in the courts.

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